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Understanding Genetics and Traits by kijijiseller is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Genetics is the study of heredity. A trait is a characteristic that varies between individuals, such as hair color or height. Alleles are different forms of a gene that determine traits. Genes are sequences of DNA that code for proteins determining traits. Gregor Mendel conducted early studies of heredity in pea plants and established that alleles separate and traits assort independently during reproduction. Dominant alleles mask recessive alleles, while recessive traits only appear if an individual has two
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